Another chance to win a Rittenhouse Custom Relic guitar
You read that correctly you are not experiencing deja vu Rittenhouse Guitars is giving away another Custom Relic guitar valued at over $1500! All you have to do to enter is basically put the word out about Rittenhouse in one of the following ways: 1. Become a Rittenhouse Guitar Facebook Fan and write on our Wall “I want to win a Rittenhous

Review: The Steve Morse Band - Out Standing In Their Field
I first heard Steve Morse back in 1990 I think it was, I had been playing guitar about a year and I heard the Celtic influenced Highland Wedding which featured some nice fingerpicking and melodic rock lines and it made me want to hear more. I had just heard Eric Johnson’s Ah Via Musicom and was blown away by this seemingly new genre of melodic shred. I went on to purchase Southern Steel and Coast To Coast both of which I still listen to, and at t

Review: Fender American Vintage ‘57 Stratocaster
The 1957 Fender Stratocaster is one of the most sought after guitar collector items fetching astronomical prices, I saw one recently advertised for US $35,000 and in Australia you would be looking at closer to AUD $100,000. So thank goodness Fender had the good sense to release the American Vintage series. The American Vintage ‘57 is a perfect recreation of the classic instrument with the added bonus of modern electronics and the included but not installed 5 way selector should you wish to upgrade the guitar to modern standards. It has the original style 1 pl

Ferrari branded Blackbird Rider Carbon Fiber Acoustic travel guitar
I received this press release the other day about Blackbird guitars which I found pretty interesting not only because I think Carbon Fiber Acoustics look and sound cool, but also because the Blackbird’s compact design make it ideal as a travel guitar and the Carbon Fiber construction means you don’t have to worry about damage and warping caused by changes in humidity and temperature normally associated with Acoustic guitars. The other thing

New Fender website
Fender have just launched the latest version of their international website Fender.com. This latest version has a nice wide format with large hi-res photos of the products and more of an online store kind of navigation, including price filtering options and pricing. When you click buy online you are taken to a list of online stores that stock the product you wish to buy which is a good idea. The news and blog have had a facelift too but and there is a video section which is a little